Plants belonging to the genus Taraxacum are widespread all over the world,which contain rubber-producing and non-rubberproducing species.However,the genomic basis underlying natural rubber(NR)biosynthesis still needs ...Plants belonging to the genus Taraxacum are widespread all over the world,which contain rubber-producing and non-rubberproducing species.However,the genomic basis underlying natural rubber(NR)biosynthesis still needs more investigation.Here,we presented high-quality genome assemblies of rubber-producing T.kok-saghyz TK1151 and non-rubber-producing T.mongolicum TM5.Comparative analyses uncovered a large number of genetic variations,including inversions,translocations,presence/absence variations,as well as considerable protein divergences between the two species.Two gene duplication events were found in these two Taraxacum species,including one common ancestral whole-genome triplication and one subsequent round of gene amplification.In genomes of both TK1151 and TM5,we identified the genes encoding for each step in the NR biosynthesis pathway and found that the SRPP and CPT gene families have experienced a more obvious expansion in TK1151 compared to TM5.This study will have large-ranging implications for the mechanism of NR biosynthesis and genetic improvement of NR-producing crops.展开更多
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA24030504 and XDA24040305)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32000144)the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(ZDRW-ZS-2018-2)。
文摘Plants belonging to the genus Taraxacum are widespread all over the world,which contain rubber-producing and non-rubberproducing species.However,the genomic basis underlying natural rubber(NR)biosynthesis still needs more investigation.Here,we presented high-quality genome assemblies of rubber-producing T.kok-saghyz TK1151 and non-rubber-producing T.mongolicum TM5.Comparative analyses uncovered a large number of genetic variations,including inversions,translocations,presence/absence variations,as well as considerable protein divergences between the two species.Two gene duplication events were found in these two Taraxacum species,including one common ancestral whole-genome triplication and one subsequent round of gene amplification.In genomes of both TK1151 and TM5,we identified the genes encoding for each step in the NR biosynthesis pathway and found that the SRPP and CPT gene families have experienced a more obvious expansion in TK1151 compared to TM5.This study will have large-ranging implications for the mechanism of NR biosynthesis and genetic improvement of NR-producing crops.
